Hand Painted Oyster Dish

Ceramic

Wildwood Historic Center

Front

Name/Title

Hand Painted Oyster Dish

Entry/Object ID

1969.028.004

Description

Oyster dish painted by Harriet Hershey in 1897. Decorated with violets and curved ruffled edge trimmed in gold with gold trim around each oyster indentation each bearing initials. MRS, MLH, RES, MSW, RD, MSR. Dated Nov. 16, 1897.

Collection

Wildwood Historic Center [primary collection]

Acquisition

Accession

1969.028

Made/Created

Artist

Harriet Hershey

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Plate, Oyster

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Serving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Diameter

8-1/2 in

Location

Cabinet

Sideboard

Wall

West Wall

Room

Dining Room

Floor

First Floor

Building

Wildwood House

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Provenance

Notes

MRS=Martha Sousley[Mattie class of 1893], MLH= Martha Hayward [Mattie class of 1893], RES= Rose Eve Stafford [class of 1894], MSW=Mary Scranton[name of the town she was born in] Wilson, RD=Reba Duff [daughter of M.E. Duff], MSR=Mary S. Rolphe [class of 1894]